lunar module
noun
: a space vehicle module designed to carry astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back
called also lunar excursion module
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Aldrin is also selling the lunar module activations checklist that he was supposed to leave on the moon, but decided to bring back to Earth. 
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 Also on sale is the Eagle lunar module's circuit breaker switch, which infamously broke during the mission, threatening to leave Armstrong and Aldrin stranded on the moon's surface. CNN, 19 July 2022 And the effort required to lope stiff-legged across the powdery surface guzzled the air and cooling water in his backpack, limiting his time outside the relative safety of the lunar module. Outside Online, 23 June 2021 Linklater takes the appealing concept of putting a kid in the lunar module, teased right there at the outset, and sets it aside for more than 52 minutes. Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Mar. 2022 The three-man crew successfully uses the lunar module as a lifeboat, circling the Moon and then returning safely to Earth. CNN, 19 Jan. 2022 For the last decade at least, the second man to walk on the Moon —- Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Col. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin —- has frequently been photographed with a ‘Get Your A— To Mars’ t-shirt. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 After returning to the lunar module, Armstrong and Aldrin tossed their overshoes from the hatch to save weight for lunar samples. Devon Link, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021 The lunar module, where two astronauts lived from July 30 to August 2, 1971. William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2021 See More
Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022 Also on sale is the Eagle lunar module's circuit breaker switch, which infamously broke during the mission, threatening to leave Armstrong and Aldrin stranded on the moon's surface. CNN, 19 July 2022 And the effort required to lope stiff-legged across the powdery surface guzzled the air and cooling water in his backpack, limiting his time outside the relative safety of the lunar module. Outside Online, 23 June 2021 Linklater takes the appealing concept of putting a kid in the lunar module, teased right there at the outset, and sets it aside for more than 52 minutes. Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Mar. 2022 The three-man crew successfully uses the lunar module as a lifeboat, circling the Moon and then returning safely to Earth. CNN, 19 Jan. 2022 For the last decade at least, the second man to walk on the Moon —- Apollo 11 lunar module pilot Col. Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin —- has frequently been photographed with a ‘Get Your A— To Mars’ t-shirt. Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 After returning to the lunar module, Armstrong and Aldrin tossed their overshoes from the hatch to save weight for lunar samples. Devon Link, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021 The lunar module, where two astronauts lived from July 30 to August 2, 1971. William Harwood, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above